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Appearance: Dark brownish amber with a frothy mass of off white lace hovering on top.

Smell: Dark toasted bread ... hint of coffee also.

Taste: Medium to full in body with soft and smooth mouth feel. A bready malt sweetness flows all the way through ... though it gets slowly cut by the roasted / toasted malts and hops. The toasted biscuit malt seems to be dominant and a chocolate flavour comes forth as well as a pinch of sweet oily hop flavour and a ghost like fruitiness. The after taste has a faded yet lingering hop bitterness with a toasted / roasted flavour. A slight warming alcohol is felt about half way down the glass.

Notes: A yummy brown that Great Lakes a given birth to ... a proud beer to have in their seasonal (fall) line up. A real pleasure to drink.

Poured from the tap a dark clear orange colour. Smells very sweet and malty with a hint of toastiness. Tastes malty and toasty with a hint of burnt and and slight bitter hop finish and aftertaste. Lingering roasted flavour for the finish.

Amber-glinting brown with a tight ecru foam.The nose is modest, exuding cocoa, burnt toast, roast, and vague pine traces. Tastewise, it strikes that delicate Brown Ale toasty/roasty balance between dusty coca powder, burnt grain, and carob. There are sweeter elements here too, more persuasively a trickling hazelnut sweetness and a flash or two of dates. The close strikes another balance between the more acute hoppiness of pine, and a staying herbal dryness.Medium bodied, with a subdued CO2 level. It teeters towards the filling side for the style, but remains a quaffer. Exactly what I'd expect a Brown Ale from GLBC would be like, this is an Edmund Fitzgerald for the style...classy and classic.

This is a decent brown ale though it is far more citrusy than it is malty. This is clearly a more Americanized version of an English classic. Nonetheless, this is a really nice offering that is both enjoyable and sessionable. It's definitely worth a try.

A- Pours a brown color with a light red tint to it when held to the light. One finger light tan head shows light retention. Some specks of lace and not much else.

S- Light overall on the nose. Roasted malts with a hint of nutty ending in the front of the aroma. Caramel malts come through a little more toward the middle with some piney/earthy hops in the ending of the aroma.

T- Earthy hops in the front of the beer show this isn't a typical brown ale. Caramel malts with a light toasted character to this end the front end of the flavor. Middle of the beer shows off some nutty like flavors along with some light green apple like flavor. Ending showcases the caramel malts along with earthy hops. Alcohol is light on the ending.

M- Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation is light for the style. Caramel/toasted malts, nuts, and earthy hops are left on the palate. Aftertaste is mostly light alcohol, caramel malts, hint of toasted malt, and light earthy hops. Flavors were a little underwhelming in the balance..with the hops showing a little more than it should have. No real off flavors although there was a light green apple flavor to this. Light alcohol drying left on the palate.

O- Overall I thought this beer was above average but far from being on top. A typical brown ale with a non-typical hop presence would be how I would describe this beer. ABV is really not there and doesn't really sneak up on you. A nice try for the style and like I said a little above average.

T Medium hop bitterness and flavors with subtle malts. Expected a more malty, roasty brown ale flavor. Some bready, yeasty flavors as well, with lingering sweetness on the finish. Maybe some acetaldehyde (green apple) which indicates fermentation issues or new beer. May improve with some aging.

M Medium bodied, smooth.

D Not as good as expected for an offering from GLBC. An ok beer to wash down a burger or pizza, but not one of their best.

I bought a very limited edition bomber at the GLBC last week. They are $10.00 a pop and according the the GLBC website there are still some available in the gift shop at the time of this writing. Poured into my pint glass. I drank this on September 30th as a toast to Michael Jackson. Anyways this beer pours a clear deep reddish amber brown color. White head is about 1/4 inch when poured before quickly settling to a decent sized surface layer with some good lace. Smoky, malty aromas are present along with some roasted nuttiness. Hints of cocoa and coffee are also present in the nose. Flavors of sweet, roasted malt and nuttiness are present along with a hint of chocolate Also some bitter hop undertones here. A simple, yet complex flavor. Has a crisp and smooth, full bodied mouthfeel with moderate to high carbonation. Easy to drink in the way well crafted beer should be.